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dream theory in malaysia

Posted on August 26, 2007 @ 4:02 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world,blog,books,fear,illustration,music,news,people,wordpress

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Disturbing visitors sometimes come with our dreams. We wake up then, asking ourselves their meaning . In Malaysia, Senoi have a theory of dreams, and dreams are important for those becoming “adepts” (healers). Ancient Senoi dream practices (dream sharing in morning groups and using techniques of dream control), are known as “Senoi dream theory.”
Mornings were used by families to indulge in the custom of dream-telling, where, for instance, a child’s fearful dream of falling was praised as a gift to learn to fly the next night.
Among the rules that the Senoi had was the following: “If there is danger in your dream, you should confront and conquer it.”
Anthropologist Kilton Stewart first visited Senoi in 1935 and in 1982 John Hassell, a trumpet player and composer relased the beautiful album “Dream Theory in Malaya” after reading a paper by Stewart.

Illustration Friday’s topic is: visitors

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10 people have left comments

Very nice work! Yes, confront your fears!

Digital Scott wrote on August 26, 2007 - 7:49 pm UTC

thanks for the info. ohhh i dream a lot……

great take of the topic.

isay wrote on August 26, 2007 - 8:12 pm UTC

u never cease to amaze me with ur knowledge of ur travels. thanks for sharing it and ur art

michael dailey wrote on August 26, 2007 - 9:52 pm UTC

Una storia molto interessante! Mi piace anche il cambiamento nel tuo stile.

Nicole wrote on August 26, 2007 - 10:17 pm UTC

well i always believe that there are meanings in dreams.. and some dreams visit us in a surprising way sometimes.

thanks for sharing this knowledge and your art..

atomicvelvetsigh wrote on August 27, 2007 - 12:05 pm UTC

Interessante.
vanna

vanna wrote on August 27, 2007 - 3:33 pm UTC

This is an fascinating post as usual you take us to another world, the world of dreams! I think your blog needs huge recognition for all the amazing info and beauty you impart to us each week! I love dreaming and sleeping and this was so interesting and a beautiful illo too! The music looks great especially when I saw Daniel Lanois name, I have all of his cds.

valgalart wrote on August 27, 2007 - 7:13 pm UTC

Fantastic and mysterious this dreamer. His visitors surround his mind, but he does look to be in control. A lot to see in this this handsome piece

hardwax wrote on August 28, 2007 - 12:52 am UTC

I HOPE that I can make some changes in my blogging next time hence the single post. thank you for visiting.

isay wrote on August 28, 2007 - 10:56 am UTC

This is an incredibly beautiful, mature piece of artwork.
My compliments!

LDahl wrote on August 30, 2007 - 9:11 am UTC

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